Sigurlaug Björnsdóttir Photo: VÍÆ III
Sigurlaug Lilja Björnsdóttir was born in 1889 in New Iceland. She took the name Lil Summers with marriage.
Spouse: October 9, 1915 Leifur Eiríksson b. in Carberry, Manitoba on May 21, 1893, d. in Vancouver on April 13, 1954. He had the name Leifur E. Summers in the west.
Childless.
Sigurlaugar’s parents were Björn Árnason of Skagafjörður and Björg Sigríður Jónsdóttir of Húnavatnssýsla. Leifur was the son of Eiríkur Sumarliðason and Þorbjörg Jónsdóttir. Leifur joined the Eaton´s chain in Winnipeg in 1910 and left in 1950. He started farming in Teulon, Manitoba for three years and from there the couple moved west to Vancouver. Leifur was an extremely proud Icelander all his life, had a good command of Icelandic and told one of his friends in Vancouver that he always said Lord´s Prayer (Faðir vorið) in Icelandic. Sigurlaug survived her husband.